Collar protector



June 24, 1930. E.- T,.V|,!.-.L:ASENOR 1,768,384

COLLAR PROTECTOR .Fileci Oct. '25, 1928 INVENTOR EDUARDO T. VILLASENOR@123 4222291 noyance by excessive perspiration which soils Patented June24, 1930 PA ENT err-1 s v E U RDO '1. gvrnrAsravon, on YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR r norncroa Application filed October 25, 1s2s,*seria1 No.

This invention relates to coat collars. v I a In tropical climatespersons who'have to wear coats, experience discomfortand anprotectorsfor the collars of their coats. Grease and oil from the hair of thewearer alsosoils the coat collar. I 7

One object" of my invention is to provide protection for the coat collaredge by means of a flexible covering made preferably of some stiffmaterial, which may have a certain amount of resiliency, designed tooverlap the edge of the collar on the inner and outer 5 sides. Toprovide for great flexibility the covering may be made in sections wichmay be hinged together. By this means the wearer experiences nodiscomfort while wearing the protector and will be able to v 0 removehis coat with ease.

Other objects will appear as my collar protector is described inconnection with the annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is a frontperspective of a coat 2 having one of my collar protectors thereon;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective of the preferred form of my collarprotector removed from the coat and with the wedge rods re moved. Thedotted lines in this figure show the protector in expanded position;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the hinge joint between two sections ofmy protector partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is an elevation taken on line 44 of Fig. 1;

, Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another form of my protector inexpanded position;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a coat collar prepared for fasteningthereon the form of protector showing in Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is an elevation section taken on line 77 to Fig. 5, but showingin addition the coat collar within the protector.

The protector is made by taking a relatively long fiat rectangular stripof stock of the material. and bending this strip into a channel-likeform having a U-shaped crosssection. Then the channel is curved tofollow the contour of the folded edge of the collar. The length andwidth of the strip 314,986, and in Mexico November 29, 1927.

used to form this construction will depend on the amount of overlapdesired on each side of the collar edge and on the amount of the collaredge to be protected.

Referring now to the drawings it will be noted that my protector extendsaround the edge of the coat collar 5 in such a way as to protect it fromgrease and perspiration. The protector extends from a point 6 on theedge of the collar just over the collar bone on one side, around theback of the collar to a point 6 just overthe collar bone on the otherside of the collar. Thus the protector is semi-circular in shape but tofollow the contour of the edge of the collar as it lies on the neck ofthe wearer, the ends of the protector are usually given .a'twist so thatthe protector ends will lie flat over the collar bone of the wearer. A

To providefor great flexibility ofthe protector I make it in a pluralityof sections 1,

2, 3, 4 and: hinge the adjacentsections' to- Any conventional type-ofhinge gether.

prefer to use a joint 20 may be used but I hinge made of sheet of rubberor leather-or other pliable material. When employing my preferred typeof hinge I make each of the sections 1, 2, 3, 4 of my protector of thinstock doubled over on itself to make the material of two ply inthickness before forming it as. described above. At the end of eachsection in the thin space, that is to say,

in the fold between and resulting from the doubling over of thestock,'one-half of a small thin sheet or hinge member 9 of leather orelastic. rubber of suitable dimensions is interposedand is securedthereto by any suit able means, for example, bywcementing or riveting.Only one-half of the rubber or leather sheet is interposed in eachsection in order that the other half be allowedto extend beyond the endof the. section and into a corresponding space or fold in the adja centsection to. which it will be secured in a manner similar to thatalreadydescribed for the flexible sheet extends up the outside of the protectorto the bend of the fold but it does not follow the edge of the collar tothe inside.

To provide greater strength, and to insure longer life and additionalfirmness of the hinge oint, I extend the exterior corners 10 of eachsection downwardly and carry the hinge member 9 down into the corners.

The two end sections 1 and 4 of the protector are, at their unhingedends, extended by short tongues 12 which follow the contour of the edgeof the collar to give a finished appearance to the protector.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a preferred form of fastening means which doesnot require mutilation of thecoat. In this construction the collar edgeis slid in the protector and maintained there by a wedging action due tothe side ribs 16 which run along the edges of the protector on theinside of each section and end short of the section end. These ribs maybe formed by securing to the protector, as by cementation or fusion,tubular or wire like segments running a portion of the length of suchsection and made of the same material as the main portion of theprotector or any other suitable substance.

In the fold of the collar a long flexible rod 17 may be inserted toassist in holding the protector on the collar, the length of which rodmay be thelength of a section, a separate rod being used for eachsection. The collaris held firmly in the protector due to the thicknessof the cloth of the collar and the wedging, action which is present byvirtue of the ribs 16 and rod 17.

Another method of fastening the protector to the collar is by snapfasteners consisting of downwardly facing plug members 14 rigidlysecured inside the protector at its top to cooperate with spring socketmembers 15 incorporated into the edge of the coat collar at suitablepoints. As many fasteners as desired may be used. If desired a fastenermay be placed on each tongue 12.

My collar protector may be made of fibre, celluloid, metal or any othersimilar substance or material which is characterized by stiffness buthas sufficient resiliency to avoid rigidity.

My collar protector need not necessarily be made of stock of two ply inthickness but may be made of a single thickness or ply formed and shapedin the manner described and with the hinge members and ribs suitablysecured to the interior of the protector by riveting or adhesion.

Many changes in shape, form and assembly within the scope of myinvention will occur to those skilled in the art.

Having described my invention I now claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent:-

1. A coat collar protector, characterized by its stiffness and composedof a plurality of channel shaped, connected, arcuate sections, eachsection having two longitudinally extending ribs therein to hold theprotector in position upon the collar.

2. A coat collar protector, characterized by its stiffness and composedof a plurality of channel shaped, connected, arcuate sections, eachsection having two longitudinally extending ribs therein, and wedgemeans adapted to cooperate with a collar and said ribs to hold saidprotector on the collar.

3. A coat collar protector, characterized by its stiffness and composedof a plurality of channel shaped, connected, arcuate sections eachsection having two longitudinally extending ribs therein and anelongated flexible wedge adapted to cooperate with a collar and saidprotector to hold said protector in position upon the collar.

4. A coat collar protector, consisting of a plurality of channel shaped,arcuate sections formed of two ply stock, flexible hinge joints betweenadjacent sections composed of flexible hinge elements interposed andsecured between the plies of the respective sections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

EDUARDO 'T. VILLASENOR.

